Saturday, October 14, 2006

...Killing two birds with one stone here. Post-Gazette article discussing Malkin taking some hits in practice. He is a poor media's Ben Roethlisberger....Also in that article: In July, a group called HHC Acquisition bought the exclusive rights to the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, ON. It was rumored that Balsillie was the man behind HHC. However, HHC has recently terminated its agreement with the Coliseum.

"I sent him [Balsillie] an e-mail offering any support I could to help him with the team in Pittsburgh," Cuban wrote Friday in an e-mail to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. "He sent me a nice reply. Hopefully, we can do something together."

...The Blue Jackets' Rusty Kesla is the third Rusty to ever play in the NHL.